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HB1372 • 2026

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.

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Sponsor
YAMASHITA
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the enforcement mechanisms or potential impacts on local economies and public health.

Increasing Liquor Manufacturing Limits for Small Craft Producers

This bill increases the amount of alcohol that small craft producer pubs can manufacture each year.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the volume limit for malt beverages from 70,000 barrels to 175,000 barrels.
  • Raises the wine manufacturing limit from 20,000 barrels to 50,000 barrels.
  • Boosts the alcohol production cap from 7,500 barrels to 20,000 barrels.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Small craft producer pub license holders

Terms To Know

Class 18 small craft producer pub license
A type of liquor manufacturing and sales permit for smaller breweries or distilleries.
Barrel
A unit of measurement for alcohol production, equivalent to about 31 gallons.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the increased limits will be enforced.
  • It is unclear what impact this change might have on local economies or public health.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HD1

1

Hawaii published version HD1

Plain English: This amendment increases the volume limits for small craft producer pub license holders in Hawaii, allowing them to manufacture more alcohol.

  • Increases the manufacturing limit for malt beverages from 70,000 barrels to 175,000 barrels.
  • Raises the manufacturing limit for wine from 20,000 barrels to 50,000 barrels.
  • Boosts the manufacturing limit for alcohol from 7,500 barrels to 20,000 barrels.
  • The amendment text specifies effective date as July 1, 3000, which seems incorrect and likely a placeholder or error.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  2. 2025-02-12 H

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

  3. 2025-02-12 H

    Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 443) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  4. 2025-02-07 H

    The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  5. 2025-02-04 H

    Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-07-25 10:15AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-01-27 H

    Referred to ECD, CPC, referral sheet 4

  7. 2025-01-23 H

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO LIQUOR LICENSES.
Intoxicating Liquor; Licenses and Permits; Manufacturer License; Small Craft Producer Pub License; Manufacturing Limit; Increase
Increases the limits on volumes of liquor and other alcoholic beverages that may be manufactured by class 18 small craft producer pub license holders. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HB1372

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1372

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO LIQUOR LICENSES
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The purpose of
this Act is to authorize an increase in the volume of manufactured liquor and
other alcoholic beverages that is permissible under a small craft producer pub
license in the State.

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SECTION
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Section 281-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (r) to read as follows:

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Class 18.
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Small craft producer
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A small craft producer pub
licensee:

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(1)
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Shall
manufacture not more than:

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(A)
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[
Seventy
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One hundred seventy-five

thousand barrels of malt beverages;

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(B)
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[
Twenty
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Fifty
thousand
barrels of wine; or

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(C)
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[
Seven
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Twenty
thousand [
five
hundred
] barrels of alcohol
,

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on the licensee's premises during the
license year; provided that for purposes of this paragraph, "barrel"
means a container not exceeding thirty-one gallons or wine gallons of liquor;

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(2)
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May
sell malt beverages, wine, or alcohol manufactured on the licensee's premises
for consumption on the premises;

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(3)
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May
sell malt beverages, wine, or alcohol manufactured by the licensee in
producer-sealed packages to class 3 wholesale dealer licensees pursuant to
conditions imposed by the county by ordinance or rule;

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(4)
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May
sell intoxicating liquor purchased from a class 3 wholesale dealer licensee to
consumers for consumption on the licensee's premises.
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The categories of establishments shall be as
follows:

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(A)
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A
standard bar; or

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(B)
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Premises
in which live entertainment or recorded music is provided.
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Facilities for dancing by the patrons may be
permitted as provided by commission rules;

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(5)
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May,
subject to federal labeling and bottling requirements, sell malt beverages
manufactured on the licensee's premises to consumers in producer-sealed kegs
and recyclable or reusable containers and sell malt beverages manufactured on
the licensee's premises or purchased from a class 1 manufacturer licensee, a
class 3 wholesale dealer licensee, a class 14 brewpub licensee, or a class 18
small craft producer pub licensee to consumers in growlers for off-premises
consumption; provided that for purposes of this paragraph, "growler"
means a recyclable or reusable container that does not exceed one gallon, which
shall be securely sealed;

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(6)
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May,
subject to federal labeling and bottling requirements, sell wine or alcohol
manufactured on the licensee's premises in recyclable containers provided by
the licensee or by the consumer [
which
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that
do not exceed:

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(A)
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One gallon per container for wine; and

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(B)
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[
One liter
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1.75 liters

for alcohol; and

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are
securely sealed on the licensee's premises to consumers for off-premises
consumption;

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(7)
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Shall
comply with all requirements pertaining to class 4 retail dealer licensees when
engaging in the retail sale of malt beverages, wine, and alcohol;

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(8)
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May,
subject to federal labeling and bottling requirements, sell malt beverages,
wine, and alcohol manufactured on the licensee's premises in producer-sealed
containers directly to class 2 restaurant licensees, class 3 wholesale dealer
licensees, class 4 retail dealer licensees, class 5 dispenser licensees, class
6 club licensees, class 8 transient vessel licensees, class 9 tour or cruise
vessel licensees, class 10 special licensees, class 11 cabaret licensees, class
12 hotel licensees, class 13 caterer licensees, class 14 brewpub licensees,
class 15 condominium hotel licensees, class 18 small craft producer pub
licensees, and consumers pursuant to conditions imposed by county ordinances or
rules governing class 1 manufacturer licensees and class 3 wholesale dealer
licensees;

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(9)
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May conduct the activities under
paragraphs (1) [
to
]
through
(8) at locations other than the
licensee's premises; provided that:

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(A)
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The
manufacturing takes place in [
Hawaii;
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the State;

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(B)
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Each of the
other locations:

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(i)
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Operates within the State under the same trade name for the
premises; and

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(ii)
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Is properly licensed
within the county of its operation
as a class 1 manufacturer licensee, class 2 restaurant licensee, class 4 retail
dealer licensee, class 5 dispenser licensee, class 12 hotel licensee, class 14
brewpub licensee, or class 18 small craft producer pub licensee;

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(C)
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The
county liquor commission of the county in which the licensee satellite is
located shall have jurisdiction of the satellite; and

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(D)
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All
requirements of the license class of the location shall be in effect as
required by the county liquor commission for the satellite licensed premises;
and

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(10)
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May allow minors, who are accompanied
by a parent or legal guardian of legal drinking age, on the licensee's
premises."

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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Intoxicating
Liquor; Licenses and Permits; Manufacturer License; Small Craft Producer Pub License;
Manufacturing Limit; Increase

Description:

Increases
the liquor manufacturing limits for Class 18 small craft producer pub license
holders.

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